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Affirming the Attribute al-Ityān (coming) for Allāh & Did Imām Ahmad Make Ta’wīl of Allāh’s verse [2:210] as referring to Allāh’s command – Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn al-Uthaymīn

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh said: هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي ظُلَلٍ مِّنَ الْغَمَامِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ “Do they wait but that Allāh should come to them in the covers of clouds and the angels…” [2:210] يجمع الله الأولين والآخرين لميقات يوم معلوم قياما، شاخصةً أبصارهم إلى السماء ، ينظُرُون فصل القضاء، وينزل الله في…
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The Ruling on Loving the Disbelievers for Kinship and Worldly Reasons – Sh. Ibn Bāz

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Question: “You mentioned in one of your fatwās, in the course of interpreting the noble verse ﴾You will not find a people who believe in Allāh and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger﴿ [al-Mujādilah: 22] — the full verse — that whoever loves the…
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The Obligation of ‘Umrah – Tafsīr al-Wāhidī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The linguist and Qur’ān expert, Abū al-Hasan ‘Alī al-Wāhīdī said: The statement of Allāh, The Most High: وَأَتِمُوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ {And complete the Hajj and the ʿUmrah for Allāh} – the verse. Regarding the obligation of ʿUmrah, there are two views: 1) The first, is that it is obligatory (wājibah),…
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Weak hadīth: Seating of the Prophet on Allahs Throne

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Narration 1: of ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd …Salamah al-Ahmar from Ash’ath ibn Tulīq from ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd who said: بينا أنا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أقرأ عليه حتى بلغت {عسى أن يبعثك ربك مقاما محمودا} قال يجلسني على العرش “While I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting…
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Weak narrations – Mu’ādh & Tha’labah asking the Messenger about the new moons

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وعن السدي الصغير، عن الكلبي، عن أبي صالح، عن ابن عباس، أن معاذ بن جبل وثعلبة بن علمة قالا : يا رَسُول الله ما بَالُ الهلال يبدو أو يطلع دقيقاً مثل الخيط، ثم يزيد حتَّى يَعْظُم ويستوي ويستدير ، ثم لا يزال ينقص ويدق حتى يعود كما كان، لا يكون على…
Read more: Weak narrations – Mu’ādh & Tha’labah asking the Messenger about the new moons
The meaning of taqlīd (blind-following) and its prohibition from the Qur’ān – al-Qurtubī, al-Shawkānī, al-Uthaymīn, Abū Hayyān

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of taqlīd Imām al-Qurtubī said: “Al-Taqlīd (blind following), according to the scholars, its reality is accepting a statement without evidence. And it is linguistically derived from qilādat al-ba’īr (the camel’s collar/halter), for the Arabs say: “I put a qilādah on the camel” when they put a rope around its…
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Evidence that the face & hands of the woman are not awrah – part 1: the practice of the women during the Prophet’s time & Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr:31 – REVISED

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Summary of the issue Imām Ibn Qudāmah said: “… the free woman is entirely ‘awrah except for her face and hands.” (Sharh al-‘Umdah 2/260) Ibn Rushd said: “And the majority of the scholars are of the opinion that her entire body is ‘awrah except for the face and the hands.” (Sharh…
Read more: Evidence that the face & hands of the woman are not awrah – part 1: the practice of the women during the Prophet’s time & Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr:31 – REVISED
Al-Albānī on Tafsīr Rūh al-Ma’ānī of Al-Alūsī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Questioner: What is your opinion of the tafsīr (Qur’ān exegesis) book “Rūh al-Ma’ānī” by “al-Ālūsī”? The Shaykh: I believe that this book – meaning a book of tafsīr – (is) very beneficial; if not (for the fact) that it contains something of Sufi elements in a chapter/section (which) he dedicates…
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The meaning of fatwā & who can issue one

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم What is the meaning of a fatwā Al-Azharī said:… it is said: The man gave a fatwā in the matter, and I sought a fatwā from him… it is said: I gave someone a fatwā regarding a vision he saw when I interpreted it for him, and I gave him a…
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The name of Allāh: 3) Al-Wāsi’ (The All-Encompassing/Vast)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Allāh said: ﴿ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴾ “Indeed, Allāh is All-Encompassing/Vast (Wāsiʿ), All-Knowing” [Al-Baqarah: 115]. And Allāh said: ﴿ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴾ “And Allāh is All-Encompassing/Vast (Wāsiʿ), All-Knowing” [Al-Baqarah: 247]. And Allāh said: ﴿ رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا ﴾ “Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in…
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